Synonyms and Antonyms Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 20: Practice: word power · Set 247 · 40 questions

Word tip (Name the skill first): Read the question and decide which skill it tests. Use that lesson’s method: swap test for synonyms, opposite end for antonyms, meaning for homophones, split the word for prefixes and suffixes. Check your answer by reading it back in the sentence.

1. 1.What is the feminine of “brother”? (a) aunt (b) niece (c) sister (d) wife
2. 2.Which word means “open again”? (a) disopen (b) preopen (c) reopen (d) misopen
3. 3.Fill the gap: The young one of a swan is a ___. (a) cub (b) cygnet (c) kid (d) foal
4. 4.Which word means the same as “street”? (a) garden (b) river (c) road (d) roof
5. 5.What does “unclear” mean? (a) clear wrongly (b) not clear (c) clear before (d) clear again
6. 6.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “majority”? (a) journey (b) minority (c) question (d) victory
7. 7.Which prefix means “not”? (a) pre- (b) mis- (c) re- (d) dis-
8. 8.What is the masculine of “peahen”? (a) rooster (b) lion (c) peacock (d) bull
9. 9.Which word means “not tidy”? (a) mistidy (b) retidy (c) distidy (d) untidy
10. 10.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) afraid (b) glad (c) sorry (d) angry
11. 11.Which prefix means “again”? (a) re- (b) mis- (c) un- (d) pre-
12. 12.Make a compound word: week + ___ (a) tree (b) shoe (c) milk (d) end
13. 13.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) happiness (c) toothbrush (d) kitchen
14. 14.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) hot – cold (b) big – large (c) fast – slow (d) big – small
15. 15.Which is a compound word? (a) animal (b) sunrise (c) running (d) tomato
16. 16.Which word means “cook before”? (a) uncook (b) discook (c) miscook (d) precook
17. 17.Which word is the antonym (opposite) of “shallow”? (a) honest (b) rich (c) deep (d) early
18. 18.Choose the best word: I ___ my teeth twice a day. (a) paint (b) brush (c) cook (d) wear
19. 19.Fill the gap: a ___ of bees (a) fleet (b) swarm (c) herd (d) pride
20. 20.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) shout – yell (b) push – pull (c) shout – whisper (d) buy – sell
21. 21.Add the suffix: happy + ly = ? (a) happiely (b) happyly (c) happly (d) happily
22. 22.Which word means the same as “easy”? (a) simple (b) rude (c) noisy (d) hard
23. 23.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
25. 25.Fill the gap: a ___ of singers (a) herd (b) choir (c) swarm (d) fleet
26. 26.Which pair of words are antonyms (opposites)? (a) shut – close (b) below – under (c) wise – foolish (d) mend – repair
27. 27.Fill the gap: A calf is the young one of a ___. (a) hen (b) frog (c) cat (d) cow
28. 28.Which is a compound word? (a) kitchen (b) football (c) yellow (d) pencil
29. 29.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
30. 30.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
31. 31.Fill the gap: A tadpole is the young one of a ___. (a) frog (b) cat (c) hen (d) cow
32. 32.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
33. 33.Which suffix means “the state of being”? (a) -ful (b) -er (c) -ness (d) -ly
34. 34.Which word means “one who plays”? (a) playful (b) played (c) player (d) playing
35. 35.Which pair of words are synonyms? (a) early – late (b) full – empty (c) ill – sick (d) ill – well
36. 36.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
37. 37.What does “reuse” mean? (a) use wrongly (b) not use (c) use before (d) use again
38. 38.Choose the best word: The old bridge was ___, so nobody was allowed to cross it. (a) strong (b) unsafe (c) wide (d) new
39. 39.Which word means “full of hope”? (a) hopeless (b) hopeful (c) hopefully (d) hoping
40. 40.Which word means the same as “smart”? (a) empty (b) angry (c) slow (d) clever

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